BNSS Chapter XI: Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquillity
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Sections 148–167). Each links to its verbatim text.
- BNSS148 Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- BNSS149 Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- BNSS150 Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- BNSS151 Protection against prosecution for acts done under sections 148, 149 and 150
- BNSS152 Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- BNSS153 Service or notification of order
- BNSS154 Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- BNSS155 Penalty for failure to comply with section 154
- BNSS156 Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- BNSS157 Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show cause
- BNSS158 Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- BNSS159 Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- BNSS160 Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- BNSS161 Injunction pending inquiry
- BNSS162 Magistrate may prohibit repetition or Continuance of public nuisance
- BNSS163 Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- BNSS164 Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- BNSS165 Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- BNSS166 Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- BNSS167 Local inquiry